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where did you learn that? uh, football. in the half time, they give tips, you know. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captions paid for by abc, inc. and touchstone television >> the new bay brim gets green light from the federal government. taking the bridge one step closer toward its opening day. good evening. >> we have the night off. tough to keep up. will it open on labor day as originally scheduled. yes no and tonight now it's maybe. 7 news reporter january thon live on treasure island to explain why new hope for sooner rather than later opening. jonathan. >> even though you can see behind me the new bay bridge pretty much finished we hear it could be december or later before it actually opens. but tonight this new letter from
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the federal government indicates there could actually be a glimmer of hope for cars driving operate bridge by lab day if you week away. >> process that will you undoubtedly take month. grinding away at the saddle that take the weight off cracked bolt on the new bay bridge. bolt part of what are sheer key device that stabilize the bridge when earthquake. now there's word the bridge could still open on time even while this work is going on. letter to cal-trans the federal highway administration gave the approval to a temporary fix. steel shim that reinforce the cracked bolt installed in just week and stay in place until the permanent fix is done. as such the letter reads we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic prior to the sheer key retrofit completed. >> reassuring that they believe the new bridge can be opened quickly. >> state senator mark cheers the transportation committee. says they will rae view the federal government findings but on first reading he would favor opening the bridge as soon as possible. >> although it has been there
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since 1989 we are told very explicitly by the experts if there is another problem it will fail and fail dramaticall dramatically. >> goal is to get people on the new bridge even if it has repair left to be done. >> that's right. >> state filed claims against the contractor who installed the bad bolt to pay for the temporary fix and the permanent 1. reporting from treasure island this is abc 7 news. >> all right just in case the bridge cost open on labor day still open question of course. highway patrol says they will be ready for it. agency began signing up extra officers for around the clock over time shift. manage security and traffic control associated with the opening. they have until two days before the schedule shift to cancel without incurring any labor cost. tomorrow night all of the roadway late on the span of the bridge will be switched on. that include the light on the self anchor suspension span main cable. this is video from tonight where crew were testing
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the later in preparation for tomorrow official event. >> asian air loans has quietly deputyed responsibility for last month deadly jet laneer crash at sfo. carrier says passengers not the airline contributed to the own injuries when boeing triple 7 landed short of the runway on july 6t 6th. plane emerged in court filings by asian and new that the airline was offering 10,000 dollars to each survivor of the crash. walnut creek lawyer suing them on behalf of several survivors says this is standard operating procedure for those that suffered injuries. >> the aircraft did nothing but sit in the seat and thrown from the seat when they couldn't find the runway. >> asian officials have not returned calls from 7 news for comment. crash killed 3 people more than 300 others survived. >> felt on woman in serious trouble tonight for very
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strange crime. impersonate ago nurse. cornell is live at valley medical center in san jose where cornell was wandering around dressed the part. >> yes she even had a stethoscope, dan. hundreds of people work here at valley medical center but thanks to security measures woman claiming to work here water spotted and caught. she told police she was a nurse but they say that was a lie. >> sheriff's deputy say 29-year-old crystal cook looked like a nurse when she was arrested outside santa clara valley medical center. trouble is she's not. >> dressed in scrub. >> look like a nurse. >> down to stethoscope and a fake i.d. card. >> the physical i.d. badge didn't have a security key card but it was enough for police to charge her with impersonate ago nurse. hospital staff say no patients were ever in danger. >> we didn't believe she ever got patient care area. nurses on every floor would know who is supposed to be work tling
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and wouldn't have allowed somebody not to be there to show up. impossible. >>reporter: warning bulletin issued to hospital staff about cook after police say she bragged on her facebook page about working at vmc and on board the medical helicopter cal spar. also claimed to have watched transplant at the hospital. >> she totally made it up. we send those cases up to stanfor stanford. hard to tell motivation is for somebody who is making up stories. >>reporter: crystal cook told me by phone she meant no harm but when i asked her why she wouldn't say. >> don't call my house again thank you. >>reporter: sheriff's department is reviewing surveillance tape and asking other hospitals to call them. if they have seen this fake nurse. on duty. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> also new at 11:00. san leandro woman facing burglary charges because of credit card mix up. newark police say the 21-year-old went on shopping spree after getting back a
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wrong credit card at raise crab shack yesterday. instead of telling the waitress authorities claim the woman went to the new park mall and started buying stuff. card owner tracked her down and police took her into custody. >> tonight the santa clara county coroner still trying to determine how a man found near a freeway in san jose died. we were above the scene where the body was spotted late this afternoon. man was found by a sound wall on 8 80. highway patrol officers say there are no scenes of the man being injured in a traffic accident so still very much a mystery. >> 10-year-old apartment i don't care boy recovering in the hospital tonight after severely mauled by pit bull. happened yesterday. these are pictures of hunter kilborne from the hospital bed at uc davis medical center in sacramento where he underwent surgery after he was attacked by at least one dog during visit to his neighbor house to play video games with his buddy. attack happened when
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the boy ran up the stairs. >> on the right side of his face the dog got him from here down here and all the way across his ear. half the ear off. basically this part of his face is gone. >>reporter: poor kid. while she claims both dog attacked her son police say only one appears to actually have been involved. that dog taken away by animal control. it will be quarantine for 7 days. the other dog is still in the home. >> new at 11. 21-year-old man from fairfield tells police tonight that he doesn't know why he deliberately drowned a dog. several people witness brian cavanaugh holding a dog under water this morning at the civic center pond in front of city hall. the dog belonged to his father. cavanaugh being held without bail. again he is saying he doesn't know why he did such a thing. >> horrible accident in san anselmo tonight. butcher at this grocery store had his right arm amputated at the forearm while he was working. the man was conscious when
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firefighters arrived. he was flown to stanford university medical center. whole thing is of course under investigation. nearly 3 dozen people including family fr san jose fell ill from suspected nor 0virus outbreak after visiting a camp ground in cal viers county. officials believe that 6-year-old camper staying at the lake camp site had the virus last thursday. spread very quickly to 34 other peopl people. officials have decontaminated restrooms, tents linen campground using bleach. it causes stomach flu like symptoms. very unpleasant and can be dangerous. new at 11:00. employee of the city of hayward just hours away now from starting a 3 day strike. more than 350 city workers say they will walk off the job tomorrow. union officials claim work versus given back more than 12 percent of their wages since 2010. l city says union has failed to make salary benefit concessions in order to help bring hayward into financial health.
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>> tonight bart management and its union say they are anxious to resume bargaining. but they have to wait until the state mediator set new schedule. yesterday as you know judge agreeed to governor brown request for 60 day cooling off period pushing a possible strike to october. they will resume talking one hopes within the next few days or week. >> coming up next 7 news at 1 11:00. tragic fall. this accident had a stunned a crowd watching major league baseball game tonight just horrifying. >> also hanging on for dear life. couple ended up hanging off balcony. it's an amazing rescue. >> worried about virus and mall wear on your phone. michael has some app to help keep your cell phone safe. >> l as you look at the view from emeryville camera this is what you deal with the fog. lack at the wake up weather plus how much warmer it is
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>> baseball fan fell to his death during tonight braves again against the phillies at turner field in atlanta. police say the man fell 65 greet a a stadium platform located in upper level and landed in a private parking lot. just terrible. taken to
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hospital where he later died. now this death is the second fatal fall at turner field. spectator died in 2008 after falling 150 feet from upper deck concourse. >> most of us have so much information on our phone these days hard not to wonder if it's safe. consumer report partner exclusively with 7 on your side for a report on some new app that can make your phone more secure. here's michael with the story. >>reporter: landed in the repair shop when he run that trouble with the smart phone. >> i basically stop working. >>reporter: problem had also spread to his computer. >> well they both pick autopsy virus when i down loaded an app, free app from the interne internet. >>reporter: consumer report just tested 16 android security app designed to keep your smart phone or tablet safe. >> these app protect you against on line threat like virus and mall ware and also help you if phone is lost or
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stole tone remotely lock it or find it or wipe it. >>reporter: check to see how well each app protected user privacy. and also assess extra the app have to offer. >> we lack at the app ease of use and versatility including such feature as being able to back up the phone. or parental control. >>reporter: while some of the app cost as much as 40 dollars a year, you don't have to pay for good mobile protection. >> turns out you can't goodbye prison because some of the best app we test idea free and some of the lower rated wruns the more expensive ones. >>reporter: in fact one of the best free this mobile security anti-virus app. it has nice features like parental control. automatic back up and an alarm you can activate if the did he advice is missing. >> this phone has been lost or stolen. >>reporter: i-phone less susceptible to virus and mall ware because l of this. few
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reports of any problem however no phone is immune to theft. if you have an i-phone usually find my phone feature to locate your phone on a map or remotely lock or delete all data. that way prevent a from accessing information. i'm michael 7 on your side. >> pretty good tip. we learn more tonight about hanna anderson ordeal and hearing from the teenager father. 16-year-old was rescued unharmed thank goodness yesterday after fbi agents shot and killed her supposed kidnapper james can i imagine yo ending week long hunt for them. first time law enforcement rae veal dimaggio fired back at agent when agents tried to capture him. she's back with her family and her father spoke to the media. >> healing process will be slow. she has been through tremendous horrific ordeal. i'm proud of her and love her very much. she is surrounded by the love of her family, friends and community.
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>> dimaggio suspected of killing her mother and 8-year-old brother in his house then setting it on fire. hanna was not aware of that horror, their deaths, until after her rescue. >> fight between couple in northeast china took really freight engine turn. woman sitting on the window ledge of 4 story building suddenly slipped during the argument. man was able to catch her but he was dragged out of the window in the process. neighbors saw it ran to their rescue. clung on to the man leg until firefighters arrived with a ladder. after terrifying 20 minutes can you believe this went on for 20 minutes both girlfriend and boyfriend were rescued safely. unbelievable. >> warrior guard curry has spent part of his summer about 6000 miles away visiting a refuse you gee a camp in tans news world international any a.they hung mosquito net 0for people there the people loved him. he is working with the you united nations foundation
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and nothing but net xan in the fight against malaria. he will be 0a guest on good morning america to talk about the personal mission. it airs at 7:00 a.m. writ after the abc morning news. you can imagine for this young ball player life changing event. he'll talk about it on wednesday. >> well as you may have heard the meteor shower is out and about. amma tweeted she saw one meteor but also a bunch of raccoon in the back yard didn't work out to what she hoped. >> no. raccoon were keeping her company. half dozen. one e pool. wait until midnight. you will see many more meteor if you get away from the coast and here's look at computer animation so we have fog here the cost tonight. the meteor shower peaked this morning. another round as we see the peak tomorrow morning as well. look towards the constellation here. farther inland you go
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the better chance ps oz of seeing the shower. look to the northeast between 11:00 p.m. and dawn. best viewing is going to be between 11:00 p.m. and dawn and if you do happen to be in a dark place allow your eye to adjust. pretty cool show. let's check out live doppler 7 hd writ new and show you what it looks like. we have fog. limited near the coast and in over parts of the bay. not expecting much in the which of low clouds fog tomorrow morning change pattern from emeryville camera. looking to the west and temperatures 57 in san francisco. 59 oakland. still pretty mild from the peninsula mountain view to san jose. los gatos half moon bay fog with 57 years and from our camera you see the low clouds around the transamerica pyramid so first thing tomorrow morning do count on grey skies. santa rosa 54 rate now. fairfield is at 61 and pretty mild in concord and mid 60's. from our roof cam are see the tree really not
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move around much. win not a relevant factor tonight with the weaker winds weaker sea breeze warmer temperatures will continue. fog interthe coast bay over tonight tonight. warmer pattern next few day within land hay around 90 degrees. and a little bit above at times. here's look at the water vapor imagery. this system moving through. disrupted fog layer a bit so really it's compressed down to 1200 feat. limited coverage to the coast and parts of the by overnight tonight and through tomorrow morning and then you will see sunshine for everyone for your tuesday afternoon. morning will start out with patches of dense fog. especially near the coast and bay. temperatures in the low upper 50's. and then for the afternoon we look at sunny skies. 81 in the south bay san jose. 79 milpitas. 76 in santa cruz on the peninsula being laving at low 70's around san mateo upper 70's mountain view redd with city, 66 half moon bay. 68 downtown san
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francisco. 62 daly city. north bay 62 at bodega bay. 83 santa rosa. 84 sonoma. in the east bay sunshine and beautiful day. 74 in oakland. 79 degrees castro valley. inland spots summer is back. 90 in livermore back up to normal. 80 in concord and 7 day forecast featuring even warmer weather. low 90's inland of mid 60's. temperature drop-off thursday friday only to see rae bound in time for all your weekend plans. upper 80's to low 90's inland low to mid 60's cost side and it's noticeable. 94 inland haven't seen that in awhile. >> hot but not unbearable. >> not the triple digit or anything like that. >> larry is here fun to have football back but rae minder tonight it's a dangerous game. >> for a couple hours tonight this was a very scary situatio situation. the fear in berkeley this evening and then sigh of relief. cal player injured in live scrimmage and
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>> gechlt scary night in berkeley. scrimmage ended with some players in tears worried safety sebastian taken off the field in an ambulance. he was motionless. the good news would come about 2 and a half hours later he's okay. we have video. of the cal spring game. here's avery projected to be a starter playing safety. today in practice made a big hit. couldn't get up. is he pwtion on the ground for about 15 minutes. did not appear to be moving at all. the ambulance arrived took him to high land hospital. junior from fort lauderdale does now have movement in all of his extremity and quoted as saying i want to thank everyone for their positive thoughts and prayers. sebastian is expected to be rae leased soon so good news there.
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>> frainers next pre-season game against smith friday tonight in kansas city. smith of course started last season in red and gold still wearing red but now injured lasting his job to kaepernick you frlly don't get genuine emotion out of harbaugh at the news conference but it's clear he considersal aex friend. >> personal with alex. so i feel in like a great friendship there and tm a lot of history no. longer on our team. not a trusted agent any more. i know competitor that he is he wants to win and we do as well. >> now the a are the hunter than steady of the hunted. trying to gain on first place text a wrap up the snai canada to the monday matinee and check these out as fans play the jay tomorrow. captain get enough baseball. young can't get more
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pitch leading off with tenth homer of the year. stealing 7 third struck out 5 1 run allowed. 1-1 in the 9th. made a costly error in the eighth makes up for it with its bat. 2 run double scoring tl them f.they get fourth in the night. they remain one back and rangers won today. >> the perfect photo. winning pose is of course the lightning bolt this weekend at the world championship in moscow this shot was snapped after bolt won 100 meters at the top of the screen. see the lightning. skeptic wonder if photo shopped but the photographer who took the picture said he had 2 lightning shop. 5 remote camera set up around the track to capture the end of the race. 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> pretty cool shot.
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>> looshing at the wake up weather. area of fog dense in patches. 50's, 60's give yourself extra time. updates in the morning. >> thanks.so typhoonally here. wine tasting. how about world trade center tasting check this out. los angeles restaurant unveiled a 45 page menu dedicated to bottled water. patron sip world trade center from 10 different country and just like wine it comes at premium. bottle surprised between 8 and 20 dollars. praiseiest is bottled by the restaurant general manager at 40 dollars he describes beverly hills 9 0h 2 0as the champagne of water. what bailey said sucker born every minute. >> that's from all of us appreciate your time. connect appreciate your time. connect on twitter at any time

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